org.faktorips.runtime.model.type

Enum AssociationKind

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<AssociationKind>

org.faktorips.runtime.model.type.AssociationKind

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<AssociationKind>

public enum AssociationKind
extends Enum<AssociationKind>

The possible kinds of associations.

See Also:

Association.getAssociationKind()

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant and Description
Association An association between two elements not in a parent-child-relation.
Composition A parent-child relation
CompositionToMaster A child-parent relation

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static AssociationKind	valueOf(String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static AssociationKind[]	values() Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Detail

Association

public static final AssociationKind Association

An association between two elements not in a parent-child-relation.

Composition

public static final AssociationKind Composition

A parent-child relation

CompositionToMaster

public static final AssociationKind CompositionToMaster

A child-parent relation

Method Detail

values

public static AssociationKind[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for (AssociationKind c : AssociationKind.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static AssociationKind valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null